# Accident 19830617026149A: Cessna 152, Williamstown, NJ, June 17, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1983, 13:45 local time
- Place: Williamstown, NJ
- Airport: Cross Keys
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7055° N, 75.0330° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CROSS KEYS (17N), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7055&lon=-75.0330&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6385M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6385M-1990-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 152 (registry code 2071835, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Reported engine: LYC O235*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 62 total, 62 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC83LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830617026149A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

BOUNCED AND PORPOISED ON LANDING  UNTIL THE NOSE WHEEL FELL OFF. AIRCRAFT STOPPED ON ITS NOSE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC83LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83LA146), Jun 17, 1983: Cessna 152 (N6385M), Cross Keys, NJ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6385M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19871107066779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871107066779A), Nov 7, 1987: Cessna 152 (N6385M), Sicklerville, NJ, Destroyed. Student off course elected to land at small airstrip, over shot the runway and struck telephone pole and a tree.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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